Notes on growing ornamentals and edibles, and musings on other matters that interest me.
There hasn’t been a lot of blogging going on recently. Once again, it’s because the ME is bad and most things are a struggle, and unfortunately blogging goes down the bottom of the to do list. However, I have managed …
A short study of Autumn light in the front garden. Capturing the exquisite blue of this Salvia patens ‘Blue Angel’. A sense of movement through Panicum virgatum ‘Squaw’ and Verbena bonariensis. The fairy wands of Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Hameln’. Welcome to Autumn in …
New front garden The front garden seems to have come a long way since the landscaping was done in June. Before the landscaping: After the landscaping (view from above as I seem to have not taken a photo from the …
People can be incredibly judgemental about people who use mobility aids. They think you are cheating if you suddenly get out of your wheelchair, scooter etc, that you are faking it (often the thought extends to thinking you are lying …
On the weekend I discovered Millthorpe Nursery, in Holmesfield, just on the outskirts of Sheffield. I had pass the sign several times and kept meaning to drop in. And I finally made it, and so glad I did. It’s a …
Geranium ‘Orion’
Work has completed on the back garden and I thought I should introduce the design and how it all looks now. The design for the back garden is not yet fully formed, but like with the front garden, I’d really like …
I’m in a bit of a bind. I want to follow permaculture principals and take time before making major decisions about my new garden. But I am also in an odd situation where I have exactly the same layout of …
In the now 5 years I’ve lived in Sheffield, somehow I’ve managed to not visit the Sheffield Botanical Gardens in early summer before. Quite remiss of me, and clearly, quite a lot I’ve been missing. Always, my favourite part of …